RUSSELL-CHESNEY-Obituary

DR. RUSSELL CHESNEY

Memphis, Tennessee

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Dr. Russell Chesney, 73, died on Thursday, April 2, in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Chesney was the longtime chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a pediatric nephrologist at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. He was born August 25, 1941, and was...

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Rus...rest in peace old buddy....from our days driving you on my scooter from organic chemistry to track practice at harvard until running into you at the 5 0 th reunion when our hotel caught on fire at midnight....Loren CLAYMAN M.D.

Rus a warm and caring friend as well as a very klowederable clinician. He will be greatly missed.
Howard Snyder MD, SAS '61

What a great man and mentor who will sorely be missed by all. Our thought and prayers are with the family.

Phyllis & Donnie Gatlin

We have lost a great icon in academic medicine. His legacy lives on in the thousands of students whom he taught and mentored. Joan and the entire family are in our thoughts and prayers.